Metaplasticity: tuning synapses and networks for plasticity

WC Abraham - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Synaptic plasticity is a key component of the learning machinery in the brain. It is vital that
such plasticity be tightly regulated so that it occurs to the proper extent at the proper time …

Cerebellar circuitry as a neuronal machine

M Ito - Progress in neurobiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Shortly after John Eccles completed his studies of synaptic inhibition in the spinal cord, for
which he was awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine, he opened another …

Neural circuits and mechanisms involved in Pavlovian fear conditioning: a critical review

JJ Kim, MW Jung - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Pavlovian or classical fear conditioning is recognized as a model system to investigate the
neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory in the mammalian brain and to …

The human cerebellum contributes to motor, emotional and cognitive associative learning. A review

D Timmann, J Drepper, M Frings, M Maschke, S Richter… - Cortex, 2010 - Elsevier
In this review results of human lesion studies are compared examining associative learning
in the motor, emotional and cognitive domain. Motor and emotional learning were assessed …

Learning-related feedforward inhibitory connectivity growth required for memory precision

S Ruediger, C Vittori, E Bednarek, C Genoud, P Strata… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
In the adult brain, new synapses are formed and pre-existing ones are lost, but the function
of this structural plasticity has remained unclear,,,,. Learning of new skills is correlated with …

Role of secondary sensory cortices in emotional memory storage and retrieval in rats

T Sacco, B Sacchetti - Science, 2010 - science.org
Visual, acoustic, and olfactory stimuli associated with a highly charged emotional situation
take on the affective qualities of that situation. Where the emotional meaning of a given …

Perturbation training can reduce community-dwelling older adults' annual fall risk: a randomized controlled trial

YC Pai, T Bhatt, F Yang, E Wang… - … of Gerontology Series …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Previous studies indicated that a single session of repeated-slip exposure can
reduce over 40% of laboratory-induced falls among older adults. The purpose of this study …

Timing and plasticity in the cerebellum: focus on the granular layer

E D'Angelo, CI De Zeeuw - Trends in neurosciences, 2009 - cell.com
Two of the most striking properties of the cerebellum are its control in timing of motor
operations and its ability to adapt behavior to new sensorimotor associations. Here, we …

Cerebellar modules and their role as operational cerebellar processing units

R Apps, R Hawkes, S Aoki, F Bengtsson, AM Brown… - The Cerebellum, 2018 - Springer
The compartmentalization of the cerebellum into modules is often used to discuss its
function. What, exactly, can be considered a module, how do they operate, can they be …

Bidirectional control of fear memories by cerebellar neurons projecting to the ventrolateral periaqueductal grey

JL Frontera, H Baba Aissa, RW Sala… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Fear conditioning is a form of associative learning that is known to involve different brain
areas, notably the amygdala, the prefrontal cortex and the periaqueductal grey (PAG). Here …